EXCEPTIONAL Kansas City
journalism we ve seen this week and something that deserves to be highlighted as a teachable moment in the aftermath of controversy.
To wit . . .
WATCH THE FIRED OLATHE COACH OFFER PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HIS N-WORD DEBACLE AND SHARE HIS FEELINGS IN THE AFTERMATH OF CITYWIDE RACIALLY CHARGED CONTROVERSY!!!
Reality check . . .
He seems like a nice guy and somebody that simply made a mistake and now understands the power of his words . . . Not the monster portrayed among many social media commenters and print publications.
Check-it . . .
Former Olathe North High School baseball coach Pete Flood realizes what he said last Thursday before an Olathe North varsity baseball game was absolutely wrong. I know better than to say what I said, Flood told KMBC 9 Investigates in his first televised interview since the Olathe school board fired him unanimously Monday.
Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Kansas City Star. May 7, 2021.
Editorial: ‘He should be fired!’ Olathe North coach needs to go after using n-word
Pete Flood, head baseball coach at Olathe North High School, needs to be fired after aiming the n-word at the only Black player on the team.
In a Friday Facebook post, the player’s father, Tony Banks, said his son and another player on the team set up speakers and were playing rap music during batting practice before a game with Olathe South. Banks said Flood walked up to his son, “looked him in the eyes, and told him, ‘We don’t play that n music over here. We only play country and rock music.’ ”
ICYMI: Tony Banks is the dad of the Olathe North student athlete whose baseball coach Pete Flood was fired for using a racial slur against him before a game. We got Mr. Banks response to Flood’s statement after being fired. #WhyYouMadTho #TheShade #StacyShawKnowsTheLaw #TheMorningGrindWithShayAndShyne Podcast COMMERCIAL-FREE MUSIC-FREE
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Manhattan Wrestling Brings Home Four Medalists
By David Donnert
Manhattan took five wrestlers Saturday to the class 6A state wrestling championships at Hartman Arena in Park City Saturday. There was hardly anything normal about this state tournament. With COVID-19 restrictions, state was scaled down from two days to one, from 16 wrestlers per weight class to 8. Class 6A would not wrestle alongside 5A and limited fans in the stands. Only thing normal was the exceptional quality of competition each wrestler faced Saturday.
In the previous two weeks of qualifying for state, the Indians came out fast and furious, but that didn’t carry over for a third week in a row. Three wrestlers lost in the first round, those coming out with wins were junior Easton Taylor at 132 pounds and K-State football commit senior Damian Ilalio at 285 pounds, moving both wrestlers to the championship semifinals.